Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Chief Executive.

It was resolved to support the establishment of a Public Services Board that would collaborate with the Gwynedd Public Services Board as the Executive’s preferred option.

The report of the Chief Executive with regard to establishing a Public Service Board for Anglesey was presented for the Executive’s consideration.

The Chair reported that the Well-being of Future Generations Act 2015 is about sustainable development which is the process of improving the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales. It seeks to do this by putting in place 7 specific well-being goals which public bodies must work towards achieving. The Act also establishes a statutory board known as a Public Services Board in each local authority area in Wales which has four statutory members comprising of the Local Authority, the Local Health Board, the Fire and Rescue Authority for the area and Natural Resources Wales who are collectively responsible for fulfilling the board’s statutory duties. One such duty is to prepare and publish a Local Well-being Assessment and a Local Well-being Plan every 4 years together with an Annual progress report. The current Anglesey and Gwynedd Local Service Board will be discontinued with the advent of the new arrangements.

The Chair said that whilst legally a public service board must be established for the area of Anglesey Local Authority and for Gwynedd Local Authority, the Act does provide for two or more public service boards to be able to collaborate or merge and the considerations involved in deciding to enter into collaboration or merger are outlined in the report. There have been two meetings and the Gwynedd and Anglesey Public Service Boards are happy to proceed on the basis of a collaborating board.

The Chief Executive highlighted the importance of the Local Well-Being Assessment and ensuring that it informs the Authority’s Corporate Plan.

It was resolved to support the establishment of a Public Services Board that would collaborate with the Gwynedd Public Services Board as the Executive’s preferred option.